Registration for the ELCA National Youth Gathering closes April 14th. Youth in grades 8 - 12 interested in attending the gathering should have their parent or guardian contact Pastor Jonathan Dolan via email or by calling the church office at 515-232-6256 ASAP to claim their spot.

87 blankets and quilts sewn by the Bethesda Sewers will be blessed at services this weekend, then make their way to Minnesota to be distributed around the world.

Congregation members and friends are invited to one-hour in-person listening sessions to provide further feedback and express their opinions in a neutral environment. In-person listening sessions will be held in Centennial Hall in April AND May at the following dates and times:

Dates marked with * indicate that childcare will be available.

To participate, show up in Centennial Hall on your selected date and time or sign up for a session at https://tinyurl.com/pm6m9759.

If you have or know of second and third graders who would like to receive First Communion at Bethesda, have the parents or guardians call the church office at 515-232-6256 so we can add them to the list.

For more information or to direct others to this information, head to https://www.bethesdaames.org and navigate to Youth > Pre-K - 5th Grade.

1.Call Donna Scherr at 515-290-2959 to make an appointment for April 15 or 17 

(evening hours 6-8pm at the church) in the Crossroads.

2.Call Donna to make arrangements for another time or a home visit to take an updated photo.

3.Send Donna an email (donnascherr@msn.com) with a photo and updated contact information.

A small group of Bethesda men meet every Tuesday morning in the Conference Room from 7 to 8. Men interested in the study of Acts are invited to join. For further information call Henry Gray at 233-2720 or email janheng@aol.com.

For more information about the April 27th Civic Academy, head to https://bethesdaames.org/learn/amos/.

Braden Hayes, who spoke at Bethesda about his plans to journey to Jerusalem, started his journey in Israel a few months ago. Since then, Braden and his cohort were pulled out of Israel and Braden has gotten to continue his service in Hungary where he has been for two and a half months serving the population. Read Braden's post-Easter update in more detail here.

Thursday, May 9, Remarkably Bright Creatures written by Shelby Van Pelt, 7:00 pm in the Crossroads. 

Wednesday, June 5, Bitten By a Camel: Leaving Church, Finding God written by Kent Dobson, 7:00 pm in the Crossroads. 

Check out other fellowship group meetings at https://bethesdaames.org/learn/fellowship-groups/.

Register your child for VBS at bethesdanet.shelbynextchms.com/external/form/c96d2438-4e0d-4a4c-bfd1-0a19c31a8735 or on our website under Youth > Pre-K through 5th Grade.

The Current is a double-sided sheet consisting of four or more announcements that may widely affect the congregation with a schedule of Sunday-to-Sunday activities and order of worship.

The Living Current, an e-newsletter sent every Friday at 9 am, consists of the larger announcements that make The Current as well as other announcements and events that may not affect the majority of the congregation. Such things may include:

If you have an event that you would like advertised in The Current for weekend services, submit your announcement event via email to Tess Hanson or Lynn Anderson no later than the Tuesday before you would like it advertised. Please specify where you want it to be published. If submitted after the stated deadline, it will be integrated into The Living Current e-newsletter and The Current for weekend services the following week.

Address: 1517 Northwestern Ave.

Phone: (515) 232-6256